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The city besieged : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / Israel Ephʻal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ephʻal, Israel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siege warfare--Middle East.
- Siege warfare.
- Sieges--Middle East.
- Sieges.
- Military art and science--Middle East--History.
- Military art and science.
- Other Title:
- city besieged
- Place of Publication:
- מאגנס Jerusalem
- Contents:
- ch. 1. Introduction
- What is siege warfare
- Purpose of the book and method of discussion
- ch. 2. Sources
- Literary sources
- Non-literary documents
- Artistic representations of siege warfare
- Archaeological evidence
- ch. 3. Military aspects
- Blockade
- Breakthrough
- ch. 4. Legal and economic aspects
- Introduction
- Babylonian siege documents
- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar
- Legal significance of the hardship formulae
- "Charitable deeds"
- ch. 5. Social aspects
- Between man and God
- Public life.
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